James Ward

Study of Sheeps’ Heads

1836

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Artist
James Ward 1769–1859
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 495 x 768 mm
frame: 562 x 850 x 65 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Presented by the Art Fund 1943
Reference
N05410

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Ward defended Blake against charges of madness, claiming that 'There can be no doubt of his having been what the world calls a man of genius. But his genius was of a peculiar character, sometimes above, sometimes below the comprehension of his fellow-men.' Ward was decidedly eccentric but he was among the artists who recognised the merits of Blake's group of woodcuts illustrating Robert Thornton's translation of Virgil.

Gallery label, August 2004

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